Baby Emergency Funds
The dollars we collect during the drive are for the Baby Emergency Fund. These dollars are allocated by Homeward Bound case managers throughout the year. They are used to purchase glasses, special dietary products, car seats, strollers, medical, dental and mental health services and childcare subsidies. There are absolutely no other funds available at Homeward Bound to meet these special needs. Moms appreciate each gift and every dollar.
Baby Fawn’s Story
Fawn* entered Homeward Bound when she was two years old. This curly-headed Shirley Temple look-a-like was mute - she would not speak any words. She exhibited little eye contact and when she did look at others there was a blank stare as her response. Fawn avoided peer activities, especially activities that were sensory in nature. To engage in these activities would produce very high anxiety for Fawn. Upon Homeward Bound’s referral, many assessments were done and testing concluded that Fawn’s childhood traumas produced her atypical behaviors.
Emergency Baby Drive funds have been utilized to provide for Fawn to receive mental health counseling and in-home parenting for herself and family. Her vocabulary has increased and both her expressive language and sentence structure have improved. She has increased her verbalizations in general and her expression of emotions. Fawn has significant food allergies and Baby Diaper Drive funds were utilized to subsidize the family’s limited food budget. Fawn’s once very bleak existence has been replaced with a home filled with love, toys, her own bed, friends and tools to help her take the next steps in her journey.
About Raney*
At just four years old, Raney has lived in a trailer, a garage and her mom’s car. A product of the foster care system, Raney’s mom has struggled since her early teens when she ran away from her 11^th foster home – a home where she was routinely denied food and sexually abused. Without a high school diploma or any work related skills, Raney’s mom was unable to pay the rent on the trailer she found. The little family left with only the clothes on their backs. Home was their car. While applying for a job at a local McDonalds, Raney’s mom learned about Homeward Bound. The family applied and was accepted into the program.
Immediately, Emergency funds were made available to buy Raney clothes and a pair of shoes, purchase a nebulizer for her asthma and to subsidize her entry into Kids Corner so her mom could seek work. Within a few weeks, Raney’s mom had a job at McDonald’s and is completing her GED. Raney is stabilized in Kids Corner. The family is on track!
Leonard and Lisa*
Leonard and Lisa are 3 year old twins who entered Homeward Bound with their mother. They arrived with only the clothes they were wearing. The family left an environment where they were repeatedly subjected to abuse by the children’s father and grandfather. With Baby Diaper Drive diapers and emergency funds, the children were provided with clothing and pull-ups. In addition, due to milk allergies, the family was provided with goat milk which previously the mother could not afford for her children. During the stabilization period of settling into a housing unit, meeting with the mental health counselors and seeking employment, the children were provided with safe and nurturing childcare subsidized by the Diaper Drive. The family is stable and moving forward.
* Not the children’s real names
100% of all cash donations to the Baby Diaper Drive Emergency Fund are tax deductible and go directly to the families at Homeward Bound, which is a 501(c)(3) organizations. You will receive a receipt for your financial donation.
HEROES
Please be a Diaper Drive Hero!
Help us reach our critical Baby Emergency Fund goal of $75,000. The dollars we collect during the drive are for the Baby Emergency Fund. These dollars are allocated by Homeward Bound case managers throughout the year. They are used to purchase glasses, special dietary products, car seats, strollers, medical, dental and mental health services and childcare subsidies. There are absolutely no other funds available at Homeward Bound to meet these special needs. Moms appreciate each gift and every dollar.
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HEROES - $1,000 - $4,999 donation |
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CHAMPIONS $500 - $999 donation |